Vermont students open up to puppets about sensitive topics

Enosburg Elementary students talk tough topics

Enosburg Elementary students talk tough topics

NBC5'S ZURI HOFFMAN WAS THERE FOR THE LESSON. <THIS MUST STOP> IN ENOSBURG FALL ELEMENTARY ITS ALL ABOUT THE NEXT GENERATION... BUT THESE TWO INSTRUCTORS AREN'T STICKING TO THE LESSON PLAN... TALKING TOUGH TOPICS WITH THESE YOUNGSTERS USING PUPPETS <SESEME STREET, JIM HENSON, THEY KNEW, THE KNE THE SECRET OF USING PUPPET IN THIS NON THREATHENING WAY> SARAH VOGELSANG- CARD AND HER COLLEAGUE KAREN SHARPWOLF ARE THE ONES BEHIND THE ACT.. SPONSORED BY A GROUP O LOCAL WOMEN IN FRANKLIN COUNTY CALLED '100 WOMEN WHO CARE <THESE LAWS ALSO PERTAIN TO CHILDREN> TODAY THEY'RE TALKING BULLYING AND PREVENTION..THE PAIR TRAVELS TO SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY DISCUSSING TOPICS RANGING FROM MENTAL HEALTH, ADHD, DOMESTIC AND SEXUAL ABUSE TO DISABILITY AWARENESS... BREAKING IT ALL DOWN USING THIS HANDY TOOL <WELL IT IS CRITAL THESE PROGRAMS ARE LIFE SAVING AND LIFE CHANGING FOR CHILDREN> DATA SHOWS MOST BULLYING TAKES PLACE IN SCHOOL...SO THE DUO'S GOING RIGHT TO THE SOURCE.. < I'M NO TATTLE TALE I'M NOT RATTING ANYONE OUT> A HANDFUL OF THESE 4TH AND 5TH GRADERS RECALLING THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE WITH BULLYING... <CHILDREN DISCLOSE RIGHT TO THE PUPPETS OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD WITH 87 DISCLOSERS OF ABUSE TO THE PUPPETS > SARAH, HOPEFUL THESE PUPPETS CAN MAKE HEAVY TOPICS A LITTLE EASIER FOR THESE KIDS TO UNDERSTAND. <PUPPETS ARE REALLY TRULY, THEY ARE MAGICAL, AND

Vermont students open up to puppets about sensitive topics

Enosburg Elementary students talk tough topics

Students at a Vermont school received a lesson Tuesday about bullying and bullying prevention.Puppeteers with the organization Puppets in Education came to the Enosburg Falls Elementary School to teach a group of fourth and fifth graders about the issue of bullying. "It is critical," said puppeteer Sarah Vogelsang-Card. "These programs are lifesaving, and life changing for children." The lesson included a puppet show followed by an interactive presentation, defining bullying and discussing how to deal with a bully. Vogelsang-Card and another puppeteer, Karen Sharpwolf, were sponsored by 100 Women who Care, a group of Franklin County women who provide financial assistance to nonprofits that make a local impact. "Children disclose right to the puppets over a five-year period with 87 disclosures of abuse to the puppets," Vogelsang-Card said. Puppets in Education travel to schools throughout the country, talking about issues related to mental health, attention deficit disorder, domestic and sexual abuse and disability awareness, just to name a few.

FRANKLIN COUNTY, Vt. —

Students at a Vermont school received a lesson Tuesday about bullying and bullying prevention.

Puppeteers with the organization Puppets in Education came to the Enosburg Falls Elementary School to teach a group of fourth and fifth graders about the issue of bullying.

"It is critical," said puppeteer Sarah Vogelsang-Card. "These programs are lifesaving, and life changing for children."

The lesson included a puppet show followed by an interactive presentation, defining bullying and discussing how to deal with a bully.

Vogelsang-Card and another puppeteer, Karen Sharpwolf, were sponsored by 100 Women who Care, a group of Franklin County women who provide financial assistance to nonprofits that make a local impact.

"Children disclose right to the puppets over a five-year period with 87 disclosures of abuse to the puppets," Vogelsang-Card said.

Puppets in Education travel to schools throughout the country, talking about issues related to mental health, attention deficit disorder, domestic and sexual abuse and disability awareness, just to name a few.

Vermont students open up to puppets about sensitive topics

Enosburg Elementary students talk tough topics

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